Recently, The American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (AMCHAM THAILAND), held a seminar with the topic “Digital Transformation - Are you ready for the future?”. This was led by the Digital Economy Committee, including Peter Fischbach (the fourth from right), President of ISM Technology Recruitment Ltd., David B. Aldridge (the second from right), Senior Practice Manager, Professional Services AWS Web Services (Thailand) Ltd., Ms. Waleeporn Sayasit (the first from right), Corporation Community Director, TCC Technology Co., Ltd. (TCCtech), and Jonathan Nix (the third from left), Country Head of Operations & Technology, Citibank Thailand, together with OPEN-TEC (Tech Knowledge Sharing Platform). The event was well promoted and sponsored by Heidi Gallant, AMCHAM Executive Director and Sarawan Dever (the first from left), AMCHAM Deputy Director.

The purpose of the seminar was to discuss Thailand’s readiness for digital transformation and cite the case studies which assist entrepreneurs to drive business in the digital era. The sharing included strategy planning, vision, technology and innovation, and various aspects of organization management via domestic and international experienced speakers. This event was one of AMCHAM Digital Economy Committee’s important activities, with the goal to develop members’ capability and information and to initiate new innovation, related to digital economy issues.

Moreover, Digital Transformation knowledge was shared by 11 Industry leaders and experts. These included Michael Araneta, Associate Vice President, IDC Financial Insights Asia/Pacific, Dr. Karndee Leopairote, Chief Advisor for Future Foresight and Innovation at Future Tales Lab, MQDC & Co-founder of ICORA Asia, Ariya Banonyong (the fifth from right), President & Director, BEC World PCL, Dr. Bhume Bhumiratana, Committee Member - National Cybersecurity Preparation Committee and Technology Advisor- Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission Office, Dr. Passakorn Pratombutr (the forth from left), The Senior Executive Vice President from DEPA, David B. Aldridge (the second from right) Senior Practice Manager, Professional Services, Amazon Web Services Thailand, David Uhlenbrock Vice President and Head of Strategy & PMO Department, Dtac, Javier Garcia Lopez (the second from left) IS Business Development Manager, South East Asia, Rockwell Automation, Brenton Mauriello (the fifth from left) Chief Executive Officer, dwp|design worldwide partnership, Axel Winter (the third from right) CTO, Central Group, and Rune Sølvsteen (in the middle) Sr. Partner Commerce, The Ogilvy Group, Asia. The Digital Transformation - Are You Ready for the Future? Seminar gained a very warm interest from board of directors members and employees from both public and private organizations.